Not my trip but someone I met on the World Voyage. She and several others are already back on a ship for another long trip. Not me. I am glad to be home.
From: Ellen Subject: Voyage of the Vikings; Issafjordur, Iceland
From: Ellen Subject: Voyage of the Vikings; Issafjordur, Iceland
Hi all,
Just a brief update of my travels so far.
This is a lovely way to beat the heat. Today is to be in the low50's and clear. This is the first port in Iceland , snow is visible on the mountain tops from the deck of the ship.
We spent the last few days at sea as we were not able to get into our first port in Greenland due to the ice floe which was 3 1/2 miles wide off the coast, plus numerous icebergs and fog, we heard the fog horn frequently and saw very little scenery.
The mountains were about 6 1/2 miles away with the ice between us. The captain tried getting around it but no go. We will try on our homeward journey. It was a chilly damp 39 degrees or 3 c. As the captain said Greenland was on his bucket list we may yet get there.
We have 6 ports in Iceland, 3 on each leg of the journey.
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Beautiful day lovely city.
Just to follow up, today we are in the gorgeous city of Akureyri, it is sunny and warm the ship is leaving early today as there is an arctic swim on deck.
The ship crossed into the arctic circle last night for several hours last night and we will probably do so as we leave it is about 20 miles to the sea thru the fjord. Scenery magnificent. Anyone that cruises should put this on their bucket list.
Luv ya
Ellen
Hubby and I did a Voyage of the Vikings last summer. We traveled from Boston to Amsterdam and back again. It took 35 days. We loved Iceland as well as Norway however our favorite was Prince Christian Sound in Greenland.
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